Reo Sakata pockets Boys 100m freestyle gold – 2012 NCSA/Itoman Allstar Meet
Reo Sakata of Itoman pocketed gold medal of the Boys 100m freestyle on concluding day of the 2012 NCSA/Itoman Allstar Meet at the Golden West Swim Club in Golden West College on Sunday, September 23.
Sakata, who astonished the crowd with his unmatchable efforts in the preliminary rounds, continued his nerve-wrecking form in the playoff and proved his mettle for gold medal of the discipline.
He faced no trouble from his following swimmers in the double lap event and earned his way to the top of medal rostrum for gold medal.
Sakata enjoyed a lead of half body length over his toughest challenger and hit the finishing blockade for gold medal by producing a fantastic time of 51.88 seconds.
He was followed by Andrew N Jovanovic of NCSA, who stayed 0.59 seconds behind and stepped on the wall for silver medal by submitting a wonderful time of 52.47 seconds.
The second position holder was followed by Takashi Omoto of Itoman, who stayed 0.06 seconds apart and touched the wall for third position by reporting a time of 52.53 seconds.
Fourth position of the race was obtained by Kazuki Kino of Itoman, who stayed 0.62 seconds away from his foregoing finisher and clocked a time of 53.15 seconds.
Subsequently, Kino was trailed by Robert S McHugh of NCSA, who stayed 0.99 seconds away from overpowering his preceding swimmer and posted a time of 54.14 seconds.
McHugh was chased by Riley P Hickman of NCSA, who stayed 0.32 seconds apart and touched the wall with an effort of 54.46 seconds.
Hickman was followed by Chris Grimmett-Norris of NCSA, who stayed 0.07 seconds away from surpassing his foregoing finisher and touched the wall for seventh place with a timing of 54.53 seconds.
Grimmett-Norris enjoyed an advantage of only 0.02 seconds over Taisei Wada of Itoman, who gained eighth position in the 100m discipline by concluding his race in a time of 54.55 seconds.
In addition, Sakata expressed happiness over his victory in the 100m race and articulated that he would keep working hard to dominate the same event at international levels of sport.
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